Clear Corners on DOT lights

What this involves is removing the amber reflector in the far corner of the headlight housing. What I did was use a heat gun to soften the glue that holds the lens to the housing, pull the lens off and remove the amber piece.

Read how..

The US spec A6 housings use essentially the same housings as the rest of the world, which means that the hole for the city light bulb is basically there, but it's not drilled out.. The only thing that is a pain is drilling without getting tons of plastic dust inside the housing. If I were to do it again, and knowing how easy it is to take the outer lens off, I would have done it with the lens off.

The bulb holder is a readily availible part in the USA, the part number is: 7M0 941 953a

The first mod I performed on the A6 was the independant foglight mod. Basically I wanted to be able to use the fogs with the low beams off. Here is how I chose to do that. Soon I plan on adding city lights, which I will wire up like I did on the A4.

Why this mod? For whatever reason, all of my previous cars (excluding the A4) had foglights that I could run without the headlights. This is nice in times when the fog is very thick and even the lowbeams dazzle back too much. Also, for times when you don't need the lowbeams to see, only be seen, the fogs save the low beam bulbs from extra duty. Plus I just like the way it looks (call me vain.).

The next thing I did on the car was to de-badge it. I really prefer the way cars look with no model and engine badging. Removing the badges is pretty easy. All you need is a hair dryer/heat gun, dental floss and some sort of adhesive remover. There are lots of products on the market that remove the adhesive pretty well. I didn't have any, so I used PB Blaster, and heat.

basically, heat the emblems and surrounding area with the dryer/heat gun, till they are loose. Use the dental floss like a saw, and cut the emblem off of the foam tape. This will leave behind the other side of the tape. Apply a little heat to it, and try to get as much off before applying chemicals. Then, use your adhesive remover of choice to soften the tape's grip on the paint. Gently rub the area, to loosen the tape. Before long, it will all be off, and you can use some glaxe and wax to finish the area off (after you thoroughly wash the area.). The badge you see in the picture is an Audi Sport badge which was custom made by JustDave from Audiworld. These are now distributed by Andy Sprague.

I also put in a set of the all weather mats from Audi. They are very thick and heavy rubber, made to fit the car perfectly, and they stay put. I leave them in all year.

My goal with this car is not to go overboard with mods. Yeah right. So far, I have kept things to a minimum, with mostly DIY mods, and inexpensive, functional mods. They include:

Debadged rear, Euro Halogen projector headlights, RS4 Grille with the chrome trim from my original grille, Tip Chip, K&N panel filter, Re-coded locks with all unlock, no beep and window functions. For tires, I am running 225/50-16 Continental CH95s, which are a good all season performance tire. Nothing too aggressive, but they handle well.

The trim on the RS4 grille is matte grey, which did not match the window trim on the 2.8 A4 very well. I removed the original trim from the stock A4 grille, and used it to replace the matte silver trim on the RS4 grille for a complete, uniform trim appearance.

The most expensive (so far) mod was the Euro Halogen projector headlights. This was a bittersweet mod for me, because better lighting came at the cost of cutting steel off the fenders. It was not a difficult job, I used a pneumatic cut off wheel, and it went well. Lots of touchup paint on the scar, and not a touch of rust after the winter. The light output of these lights is amazing, though the sharp cutoff of the lowbeams does take a lot of getting used to. The highbeams are also a little too focused in the corners, they only light up directly in front of you. Out in the open, they light up seemingly forever.

I debadged the car using the tried and true method of dental floss and Goo Gone, followed up with polishing glaze and wax. Works like a champ.